In our final 'cars of Le Man' post we look at the GT2 class with the help of Photos from our trackside Photographer, John Brooks. Although this class is at the rear of the field it is very competitive and almost any of the entries could take honours. GT2 cars are less powerful than GT1 (with around 450-500bhp) and are closer to production cars
In the world of Le Mans, 'GT' means, race-cars, loosely based on production sportscars. We are going to look at the GT1 class in this piece, with GT2 class tomorrow. A GT1 car runs at 1125kg (Corvettes & Astons run 25kg heavier) with a maximum engine capacity of 8 Litres for Normally aspirated engines or 4 Litre for Turbo charged cars. Budgets
The Le Mans 24 hours takes place this weekend in central France. In the first of three posts, we will go through the different cars of Le Mans, with the aid of the excellent photography of John Brooks. There are two styles of car at Le Mans, each with two classes. At the front of the grid are Le Mans Prototypes (LMP), followed by GT's which are
The FIA GT Championship is by any other name the SuperCar Series. It is the arena where the most exotic car brands on the planet race against each other in machines derived directly from road going legends…..Ferrari, Aston Martin, Maserati, Porsche, Lamborghini, Corvette, Saleen to name but a few are the current protagonists. The Championship